Do Surgeon Expectations Predict Clinically Important Improvements in WOMAC Scores After THA and TKA?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Failure of THA or TKA to meet a patient's expectations may result in patient disappointment and litigation. However, there is little evidence to suggest that surgeons can consistently anticipate which patients will benefit from those interventions.

Questions/purposes

To determine the ability of surgeons to identify, in advance of surgery, patients who will benefit from THA or TKA and those who will not, where 'benefit' is defined as a clinically important improvement in a validated patient-reported outcomes score.

Methods

In this prospective study, eight high-volume orthopaedic surgeons completed validated THA and TKA expectations questionnaires (score 0-100, 100 being the highest expectation) as part of preoperative assessment of all their patients schedul

SUBMITTER: Ghomrawi HMK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5539020 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature